Alfa Romeo Stelvio SUV 2018 review | carwow Reviews 

Gabriel Marcu i see this on the side of the road after a few years ..

Yeah but the macan is much more reliable and the new macan does ride a bit better

@@matthewsmith5774 don't talk shit about a car and it's reliability when it's just come out. We'll talk in 10 years i'll bet good money that you will have spent more on repairs with porsche than with a new alfa

Manuel Auer bro I love the Alfa it’s new I understand but the Porsche is still a much better car and repairs are extremely rare with Porsche. But I’d go with a Stelvio Quadrifoglio over a Macan any day. But talking base Stelvio I would have to go with the Porsche.

@@svenlima Rally cars have nothing to do with SUV other than AWD... And this is Alfa FIRST SUV!

its not that great, you have to look down at the infotainment screen, taking your eyes off the road. it is better to have it on top of the dash, in your field of view like BMW, Merc, Audi etc

Exactly. My A3's one pops up. I dont have to turn my head at all to look at the screen, but when cars had their displays right down in the centre console, it was horrible to look at an control on the move. The Audi ones contract as well (most of them) apparently it keeps them free of dust longer. Also looks amazing !

Oliver Newell dude you drive an a3 so please shut up. and no it doesn‘t look good it looks like on any cheap car. it also looks like it‘s aftermarket

Okay cool great thanks.

South4153 Completely pointless and unnecessary comment.

Gareth F it’s not an afterthought with German cars, it’s ideal for people when driving, if you try a German car you will see that it works out well having it near the top rather then lower down on the centre console. BMW’s and Audi’s have very good positioning but Mercedes system is crap so forget about them

South4153 it might be perceived that way but realise that VW spends billions on R&D so realistically they have pretty damn good placement of their technology

yes germans are pricy but they are ahead of anyone else and have a lot of experience. Their tech is the best.

MrWalker...are you sure? Do you know that a lot of technological and electronic system installed on german cars are designed and produced in Italy?? Do you know "Magneti Marelli" (FCA brand)??

Right on Gareth, it looks so much nicer.

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macan? cayenne?

F Pace?

No, AR S QF for the win. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CJTWplJ6Fo4.html

F-Pace is sh!tbag. Maybe the Macan can be better ;)

I love the matte wood! Very Volvo

.Steve Edward I don't like wood panels on any modern cars, i prefer metal or black or carbon fiber trim

Thorbjørn Madsen Alfa has wood of various colours or metal of various textures to chose from

booring2 I don't like ANY wooden trims on modern cars. I prefer metal or black trims. Wooden trims only looks good on older and classic cars

Marco Sartori That i don't care about. I just don't want wooden panels when i buy a car.

He loves it on the Volvo, but hates it here...

hate the wood does not work and makes it look like something my teacher would drive in the 70s....metal finish much cooler

Buying an Alfa for its utility is like buying a porn film for its imaging brilliantness. It wouldn't get more blurry.

Because the only bit about it that's not usable or practical is the glovebox? Who cares anyway, there are other places to put your things.

Wtf people apparently don't understand jokes these days lmao

I never know what is in my car's glove box, because i don't need it - Credit card + driver's licence card only the two things i used to take with me

Style.

Hi....I'm in the market for a used Stelvio....are you still happy with your Car?

I love mine also. It doesn't play on the road. It's rare, so alot of people never heard of it or even seen one and I love that.

@@cassandrakeise7799 is it petrol or diesel and what’s your fuel expenses like

I agree BMW are not reliable, but I find the dealer network good at fixing your car, and sourcing parts. Not so sure about the Alfa dealer network. Heard a funny story in 2001 about how one of my co workers needed 3 months to get an Alfa car door after he hit a lamp post. I dont know what the dealers are like these days.

i have owed the Alfa Quad for almost 16 months now. Not even one issue. So depends on whom u ask.

I love my Bmw and the dealership in Italy is awesome. They checked my car for a strange noise instantly, even when they had other work. They took about 30 minutes and I didn't have to pay one single penny, out of warranty. Problem was from aftermarket exhaust which wasn't mounted by Bmw. They fixed it quickly.

@@Thatcardude207 because a car shouldn't have an issue in the first year and and a half of ownership. That's not saying much.

edmonneto most of the time he is like a manager doing macro management and nagging 🧐🧐☹️

Who are these morons who go around reviewing cars then touching random parts of the interior then saying it feels cheap?! I can't remember the last time I drove a car and started touching parts of the door card or dash with my finger tips trying to judge the quality of the plastic where my hands don't belong anyway... Whining about the wood is very poor too, Alfa Romeo likes wood trim just look at some of the early 156 with wooden steering wheels etc; the wood was optional anyway so tap and whine away instead of being fair.

He has to talk trash about the alfa And praise German rivals...And he s doing exactly that...a lot of car rewievers are doing this, they get paid from VW...I am not stupid, I know Giulia And Stelvio, je s complaining about things you wouldn t even noticed, stop praising shitty German plastic Quality Matt !

Massive room for two buttholes.

Bo'le of wa'er

Josh Bacon yes they do

graham bishop How?

Theirs a lot of suvs that Ste better, better made better equipped better looking

Lol

F Pace and Range Rover velar...

Sean Kurth Generalising much it seems,

Some people in America probably keep that stuff elsewhere. Those people are going to regret it when they get eventually get pulled over for some reason or another, and have to produce their papers from a place the police don't expect it to be while convincing the officer that it's not a gun. It would make sense to keep it under the center armrest as well, I suppose, but a lot of cars don't even have an enclosed storage compartment there, especially older cars and very cheap ones. Storage drawers under the seats are also getting rarer and rarer these days, as power seat mechanisms get more complex and take up more room. British car reviews, though (carwow, carbuyer, etc) act as if the glovebox is supposed to be big enough for personal items, and say it's a bad thing when the glovebox is inevitably not big enough. They test for it every time, and not once has the phone test or big bottle test ever worked. Of course it can't fit a water bottle, because that's not what the OEM intended it to be used for, it's not much bigger than it needs to be for the manual, the registration, and a tire pressure gauge. I'm sure not all British car reviewers do that, but the most popular ones on RU-vid do, and I've rarely seen an American review even mention the glovebox unless there's something unusual about it.

Sean Kurth The Brits use gloveboxes for storing large bags of crisps and bottled water.

Quirks and Features Is there a column I could read on the internet?

Sean Kurth You wnow what's even sadder? That nobody uses the glovebox for its intended purpose - putting your gloves is it :(

Having a topic make them feel expert, but actually they don't have much more to say about cars. This is the result of Top Gear's jokes: Alfa=reliability, rust, real petrolhead. A lot of comments are about this 3 things

I don’t get it either. I have 2004 147. No rust no mechanical issues.

Same with my Alfa Romeo 156 2.0 TS from 1999. I dont get these comments shit storming about Alfa's.

Own the 2002 AR 147 till now..no major problem at all..

yep never had any major reliability issues with any of my Alfa Romeos. Had a lot of interior build issues with a Giulietta but that is the worst car Alfa have produced for a long time.

That’s Italians for you. 😂

Flatron i call this the Guilia "Stilto"

You must be kidding. It's an abomination.

Wally Custard it’s gorgeous, Chrysler has outdone themselves.

You must also think cat shit is gorgeous if you think this is gorgeous. It's uglier than a septic wound on Quasimodo's bell end.

"its looks like a shit cuz i dont like it" dude you really need to learn about different opinions and tastes

Erik Ciwesson every Alfa owner understands your just spouting generic clichés. You might as well have posted the 'passion' and 'soul' guff.

ErikC17 good on you, mate...;-)

ErikC17 a drivers' car!

Ric Viera yup...and I want one so damn much.

The side profile of this Alfa looks like a SEAT IBIZA !! (previous generation) see here www.gumtree.com/p/seat/2007-seat-ibiza-1.4-automatic-stylance-5-door-hatch-only-52000-miles-/1294794411

Still happy with it? What are the differences between the 2018 and the ones that followed?

​@@user-iz8qe4gp7m Lots of issues from the 2018-2019 were resolved in the 2020 model. Very reliable long term cars

Well, wait for the Vauxhall Grandland X.

He said the negatives Comfort, Luxury and space. But either it's sporty suspension or comfort suspension you cant get both :/ I dont get it. Well and i dont think it's possible to get the luxury when it's cheapest in class. I agree the space is a negative. But i dont get the rest? :/

Reliability

+Ignacio Romero Opel...

Reliability isn't a problem for Alfa Romeo anymore -.- Fx. go searh this up "My Mercedes is broken after only 1 month"

Henry Rahardja Giovanni Vattuone Alfas are like that beautiful Italian girl that everyone would like to have for a night but no one would like as a girlfriend as she would take all your money and constantly cheat on you.

Spot on.

kraenk12 oh dear another idiotic italian cliché comment.

Henry Rahardja YEAH dead right, live NOW and PAY later !!!! sums up any Italian brand perfectly lol.

@O A check your brain

JunaidRaids I agree looks like a cx5

JunaidRaids Yes, it's an uglier CX-5.

The stelvio was released far before the new CX-5

agree Alfas latest family design looks too much like Mazda for my liking

Yes, it is a CX 5 Chinese fake.

Kaan Altinay , exactly! I do have satnav on my 2017 Honda Civic Sport, but guess what : with Apple car play, I always navigate with my smartphone

I think it's just more conventional for people that the satnav is already in the car, than for some. But Google maps is definitely the better satnav choice

+Kaan To me, using the phone + mount you bought in ebay is just a cheap / ugly looking option. If you are spending £30k on a car, may as well spend on satnav, instead of using a cheap mount.

Ross B2 , have you heard of Apple CarPlay ?

Because it's part of the car that supposed to be technologically advanced. Why does anyone have to explain this.

Eddie Dantès it should have been shortlist

At least shortlist. Best driving SUV and cheapest and best equipped, and with the longest warranty in it's class!

Commentator541 it’s not the best equipped or best to drive or cheapest

Well you cant compromise the design just because you need a plate on it :D

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I would never put a front plate on this car

Legally you need it on in the UK :D

YES!

fortunato te porca miseria, io la comprerei 210 cv molto sportiva

Sadly i can only dream having one xD

Swiffy me too

Swiffy why? What makes this jumped up U.S Chrysler product so great? Much better stuff out there...

You sound like you think Alfa Romeo is made by Chrysler. Chrysler is made in USA and Alfa's are made by italian people. Alfa Romeo works together with Fiat, Ferrari and Maserati. Fiat just own Chrysler but doesn't mean they work together. Chrysler is working with Jeep and Dodge. You are just hating. You haven't even drove one yet lmao. You will be suprised ;) But it seems you wont give em' an chance.

They pay him, don't worry...but he would choose Stelvio instead of q5.

My parents bought one 3 weeks ago. This car is absolutely brilliant.

@@daxosm wow, that's really good to know. Thanks for the info. I like the fact you don't see many on the road.

GJ F that’s right. Poland roads are dominated by German cars. In fact, we paid about 17k$ less comparing to audi Q5 or GLC with simillar spec... and the way it handles :D

@@daxosm yes well it's the same here. I had a BMW once and was glad to get rid. The Alfa is pretty expensive but still cheaper than the German equivalents out there. Anyway I pick it up in a couple of days so time will tell won't it? 😁

GJ F wish you having a good time with your new Alfa :D

You know better than Alfa engineers

Well tbf they are Italian...

... which make great sportscars.

...except the Stelio is no sports car...

... which doesn´t matter. Which matter is design of suspension and stuff. And one thing ... they are engineers and they design that things as their job. So I believe them much more than some anonymous net nick.

Er du fornøyd med den? Vurderer selv å kjøpe nå eller jaguar F pce

@@florentkrasniqi1588 jævlig fornøyd, kjører som en drøm og har plass til alt man trenger, byttet nylig til en 2017 maserati Ghibli sq4 da. Trengte litt upgrade etter lang tid med alfaen, kjører nesten likt bare ligger lavere mot bakken

@@wizardbilbo7034 skal gå se på en imorgen den 2Lbensin 280hk hørt dem er bra biler på lange turer også

@@florentkrasniqi1588 ja kjørt den til Tyskland ti ganger, funker perfekt som familiebil med mye plass

@@wizardbilbo7034 hadde du bensin eller diesel?

george mcray Most people...Giovanni Vattuone Alfas are like that beautiful Italian girl that everyone would like to have for a night but no one would like as a girlfriend as she would take all your money and constantly cheat on you.

kraenk12 .. and the Audi would be crap in bed...

george mcray No, it would be great, just not astounding and screaming all the time.

kraenk12 you would fall asleep with an audi in bed. only good thing about (some) audi‘s is the design and you know why? cause walter da silva designed them. they bought him out of his contract with alfa romeo funny huh?

kraenk12 Lollllllll !